Sharon McMahon
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And I think we're seeing the effects today of some people who have unexamined loyalty to a party or a person. And it's a dangerous direction to be headed in.
And I think we're seeing the effects today of some people who have unexamined loyalty to a party or a person. And it's a dangerous direction to be headed in.
And I think we're seeing the effects today of some people who have unexamined loyalty to a party or a person. And it's a dangerous direction to be headed in.
If you want to paint yourself as a critical thinker and as an intellectually honest person. And I think most people would want to be labeled a critical thinker. Right. If I'm like, well, you don't know how to critically think you'd be offended. Right. We all want to feel like we're good at critical thinking.
If you want to paint yourself as a critical thinker and as an intellectually honest person. And I think most people would want to be labeled a critical thinker. Right. If I'm like, well, you don't know how to critically think you'd be offended. Right. We all want to feel like we're good at critical thinking.
If you want to paint yourself as a critical thinker and as an intellectually honest person. And I think most people would want to be labeled a critical thinker. Right. If I'm like, well, you don't know how to critically think you'd be offended. Right. We all want to feel like we're good at critical thinking.
If you want to be a critical thinker and you want to be intellectually mature and honest, you have to be willing to admit when your preferred ideology gets it wrong. You really do. And I think it's a failure, regardless of what your preferred ideology is.
If you want to be a critical thinker and you want to be intellectually mature and honest, you have to be willing to admit when your preferred ideology gets it wrong. You really do. And I think it's a failure, regardless of what your preferred ideology is.
If you want to be a critical thinker and you want to be intellectually mature and honest, you have to be willing to admit when your preferred ideology gets it wrong. You really do. And I think it's a failure, regardless of what your preferred ideology is.
And if you cannot listen to a single criticism of your preferred ideology, then you don't have the intellectual maturity enough to be able to say, yeah, you know what? We screwed that up. We should not do that again in the future.
And if you cannot listen to a single criticism of your preferred ideology, then you don't have the intellectual maturity enough to be able to say, yeah, you know what? We screwed that up. We should not do that again in the future.
And if you cannot listen to a single criticism of your preferred ideology, then you don't have the intellectual maturity enough to be able to say, yeah, you know what? We screwed that up. We should not do that again in the future.
They've been showing clips of old debates. Yes.
They've been showing clips of old debates. Yes.
They've been showing clips of old debates. Yes.
No, you're totally right. It doesn't have to be this way. It's this way because we're permitting it to be this way and we're participating in it. People don't realize how much money there is in producing outrage content on the internet. They do not realize how lucrative it is to create this kind of division. And I'm not somebody who's out here like, oh, the media is ruining the world.
No, you're totally right. It doesn't have to be this way. It's this way because we're permitting it to be this way and we're participating in it. People don't realize how much money there is in producing outrage content on the internet. They do not realize how lucrative it is to create this kind of division. And I'm not somebody who's out here like, oh, the media is ruining the world.
No, you're totally right. It doesn't have to be this way. It's this way because we're permitting it to be this way and we're participating in it. People don't realize how much money there is in producing outrage content on the internet. They do not realize how lucrative it is to create this kind of division. And I'm not somebody who's out here like, oh, the media is ruining the world.
The media has an important job. Press has an important role in society. But you don't have any idea how some of these people who have very popular YouTube channels are making $20 million a year pumping out hate content. The idea that like it's somehow the media and what they mean by that is legacy media, ABC News or whatever, that it's somehow their fault.
The media has an important job. Press has an important role in society. But you don't have any idea how some of these people who have very popular YouTube channels are making $20 million a year pumping out hate content. The idea that like it's somehow the media and what they mean by that is legacy media, ABC News or whatever, that it's somehow their fault.